Oil-can



Patented Nov. 22, I898.

A. 6. HOUGLAND.

OIL CAN.

(Application filed June 3, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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lhvirnn STATES ALBERT O. IIOUG LAND, OF GREENLEAF, MINNESOTA.

OIL-CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 614,720, dated November22, 1898.

Application filed June 3, 1898. Serial No. 682,464. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT O. HOUGLAND, a citizen of the United States,residing at Green leaf, in the county of Meeker and State of Minnesota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Cans; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use'th'e same.

My invention has relation to oil-cans especially adapted for oilingelevated shafts; and it consists in the novel construction andarrangement of its parts, as hereinafter described.

The object of the invention is to provide an oil-can with a handle bymeans of which the oil-can is elevated, the lower end of the can beingprovided with a cylindrical section and an oil-outlet located at thelower end of the section, said oil-outlet adapted to oil theshaftbearing, a plunger adapted to reciprocate within said cylindricalsection, said plunger having a valve and a plunger-rod passingperpendicularly through the can and fixed at its lower end to theplunger, and a lever suitably fulcrumed on the top of the can, a springnormally holding said plunger-rod in its lower position, and a stringadapted to elevate the lever and the plunger-rod.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional view of the can.Fig. 2 is sectional View of the lower portion of the can, showing theparts enlarged.

The can 1 is provided in its bottom with a cylindrical section 2.- Thebottom of the cylindrical section 2 is provided with the oiloutlet Theplunger 4 is adapted to reciprocate in the cylindrical section 2, saidplunger having a perforation 5 and a valve 6, fixed to the lower side ofthe plunger and adapted to pass over the lower outlet of the perfora- Aplunger-rod 7 is fixed at its lower end to the center of the plunger 4,and the lever 8 is pivoted at one end to the upper end of saidplunger-rod 7. An arm 9 is fixed to the upper portion of the can 1, saidlever 8 being fulcrumed to the upper end of the said arm 9. The outerportion of the lever 8 we tends upward, and a string 10 is fastened tothe said upwardly-extending portion of the lever 8. The top of the can 1is provided with a removable screw-cap 11, the plunger-rod 7 passingthrough the center of the said cap. The cap 11 is provided in its topwitha screwplug 12, which when removedreveals an ori- =fice throughwhich the oil may be poured from the can. The coiled spring 13 bears atits upper end against the end of the said cap 11 and is connected at itslower end to the plungerrod 7. The said spring 13 has a tendency to keepthe plunger-rod 7 in its lowest possible position. The outer side of thecan 1 is provided with an inclined socket 14, the lower end of whichreceives the upper end of the handle 15. The lower end of the body ofthe can 1 is preferably curved or inclined, thus having a tendency toconvey the oil contained within the can into the cylindrical section 2.

The operation of the can is as follows: The can having previously beenfilled, the oil is thus elevated by means of the handle 15, and

the lower end of the oil-discharge spout 3 is the oil below the plungerout through the oiloutlet 3 into the bearing of the shaft.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

An oil-can adapted to apply a liquid lubricant to overhead machineryconsisting of a vessel having its lower portion curved or convexed, acylindrical section depending from the lower portion of said vessel, anoil-outlet located in the bottom of the cylindrical section, areciprocating plunger located within the cylindrical section, saidplunger at all times during its operation remaining within saidcylindrical section, the sides of the said plunger forming a guide forthe plunger, said plunger having a perforation and a valve adapted toclose said perforation, a plungerrod fixed at its lower end to theplunger, a coiled spring attached at its lower end to said plunger-rod,said spring surrounding the plungenrod, a screw-cap closing the upperendof the vessel, the upper end of said spring bearing against the underside of said cap, the upper end of the plunger-rod passing through thecenter of said screw-cap, an upwardly-ex tending inclined arin fixed tothe edge of the top of the vessel,a lever fulernmed in said arm, the inner end of said lever beingpivoted to the upper end of the plunger-rod,the outer portion of said lever extending upwardly at an incline, astring fixed to the upper elevated end of the lever, adownwardly-extendinginclined socket fixed to the outer side of thevessel, said socket adapted to receive a suitable handle.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

E. F. KENNY, J. B. SMITH.

